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[ From the Trenton Daily AWi ]
The War Meeting’•
The meeting, called at the court house for j
Tuesday evening, was very numerously at
tended, the house being full some time before
•even o’clock. It was called to order by Cap
tain Napton ; and Richard Brandt, Esq.’, was
chosen chairman, and Samuel G. Arnold se
cretary.
On motion of F. S. Mills, a committee of
five was appointed by the Chair to prepare re.
eolations, as follows : Franklin S. Mills,Joseph
Vaudegrift, Charles Skelton, Elijah L. Hen
dricson, and John A. Pcrrine.
During the absence of the committee, Joseph
C. Potts, Esq., was invited by the Chiar, to
address the meeting, and, in complying with
the invitation, stated that Commodore Stock
ton, who was expected to give interest to the
occasion by being personally present, and ad
dressing the meeting, had been suddenly called
• to Washington,to give evidence in the Fremont
trial, and would not therefore be with us.—
He then proceeded to give a clear and able
‘ statement of the differences between the two
parties on the subject of the war. At the close
of the address, Franklin S. Mills, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, reported the
following
RESOLUTIONS.
1. That we have witnessed with
deep regret the recent course pursued by the
leaders of a political party in our country in
giving “aid and comfort” to a foreign enemy
against whom we are now waging a war forced
upon ns by injustice, outrage, and invasion ;
that, however desirous we may be for peace
—however just the war we would hasten to
terminate and however glorious beyond
all paralled, have been the achievements by
which it has been characterized, we have lit
tle hope that it will be honorably terminated
while an alien party at home unites with the
cnemv in denouncing our cause as unjust,
iniquitous, and indefensible ; seeks openly to
withhold supplies, recall our arm es, and re
invest our enemy with all her original strength
and power, and proposes to crave a peace at
the feet of a supercilious foe.
2. Resolved) That the time hn« come when
it is necessary to meet the alien enemy at home-,
as we have met the foreign enemy abroad, eye
to eye and foot to foot; that it is our duty as
sound patriots and good citizens to meet this
issue firmly and fearlessly—to sustain the
administration of the country with united
hearts and hands—to cheer on our glori
ous army and navy—to go for our country and
her proud stripes and stars, and give assurance
to the world that the spirit which animates
our heroes in the field and on the wave, burns
bright an every hill and in every valley of the
Union.
3. Resolved) That the justice of the war with
Mexico in its causes, its commencement, and
its progress, has abundantly demonstrated to
the world, and is clear to every unprejudiced
mind. IFe had abundant cause of war before the
annexation, of Texas. Treasure belonging to
the citizens of the United States had been
seized by Mexican officers in it? transit from
the capital to the coast; vessels of the United
States had been captured, detained, and con
demned upon the most frivolous pretexts ; du
ties had been exacted from other vessels of our
citizens, notoriously against law; citizens of
the United States had been imprisoned for
long periods of time, without being even in
formed of the offences with which, they were
charged; our citizens had been robbed and
murdered by Mexican officer? on the high seas,
without any attempt to bring the guilty to jus
tice our flag had been insulted, and our pub
lic functionaries in Mexico treated with con
tempt ; robberies to the amount of more than
two millions of the dollars had been admitted
by them, and robberies amounting to more
than four millions of dollars our citizens were
ready to prove : —the first they promised to pay,
but did not; that second they never even pro
mised to pay.
4. Resolved, That in recognising the inde
pendence of Texas, we did but acknowledge
the great principles of our own declaration of
independence. Texas to the Rio Grande, was
a part of Louisiana, and ceded by France to
the United States in 180-s—the United States
ceded her to Spain by the treaty of Florida in
1819. Mexico soon after revolted from Spain,
and Texas to the Rio Grande was established
as one of the confederated States of Mexico
under the constitution of 1824. In 1836 a
military revolution in Mexico overthrew that
constitution, and placed the government un
der a military despotism. Texas had an in
fusion of American blood in the veins of her
people. Following the example of the heroes
of ’76, she appealed to the sword, declared
her independence, and on the field of San Ja
cinto achieved her liberty on the 21st of April,
1836. That independence was formally re
cognized by the United States,England,France,
and other of the civilized nations of the world ;
and Texas was enrolled among the family of
American republics.
5. Resolved, That the annexation of Texas
was the joint act of two independent nations.
We had a right to receive her ; she had a right
to come; her territory became ours ; that ter
ritory extended to the Rio Grande ; she al
ways claimed that boundary ; her Congress, on
the I9th of December, 1836, fixed that as her
boundary by the act establishing the bounda
ries of Texas ; for nine years previous to her
annexation she exercised her jurisdiction over
that territory ; she organized counties to the
Rio Grande—established courts, custom
houses, post offices, and posts roads there—had
a land office there, and granted lands to the
banks of the river ; representatives were elec
ted from that territory to her Congress ; and
ibis was the Texas which was admitted into our
Union—Texas to the Rio Grande.
6. Resolved) That the public records of ’our
country show that the Rio Grande was our
boundary after the annexation ; we erected a
custom-house beyond the Nueces ; we estab
lished post routes in that territory ; the coun
try west of the Nueces forms part of one of the
Congressional districts which sends a repre
sentative to Congress from Texas; members
of the legislature which elected her senators
to our Senate were elected by constituents re
siding west of the Nueces ; Texas to the Rio
Grande was, when the war commenced, a
State of this Union; and we bad a right, and
it was the duty of the government, Co repel in
▼asion’*6n its soil.
Resolved) That Mexico commenced the tear by
crossing the Rio Grande and invading our
country. She struck the first blow—she shed j
1 ■■■• .‘.ciLsg
; the first blood. The war was a war in its com
mencement —of invasion on the part of Mexico
—of defence on the pait of the U. States. She
struck not for a disputed boundary, but for
Texas. The glorious fields of Palo Alto and
Resaca c • la'Palma will remain as witness to
our wrongs, as long as those of Montery, Vera
Cruz, Cerro Gordo, and Mexico, shall tell how
we redress them.
8. Resolved , That the whig? in Congress
having united with the democrats in solemnly
declaring, upon their official oaths, that “tear
existed bij the act of Mexico and having voted
the money and the men necessary to proeccute
it, we look with amazement upon the recent
protestation of the leader that they voted “ what
1 they know to he a lief and aided in prosecuting
I a war they know to be unjust; and trust, for the
honor of humanity and public morals, that few
will follow the lead of men who, in the same
breath in which they pronounce judgment of
condemnation upon their country, admit them
selves to be at once perjured and unprincipled.
9. Resolved, that before the war commenced ;
by Mexico, our government exhausted all the
arts of persuasion, of remonstrance, and of
warning to deter that country from its mad
career. That since the war, we have followed
them with the olive branch of peace—have
given armistice after armistice-'-have asked and
entreated for peace —but have been met with
treachery and repulsed with insult; and that in
our opinion, the time for temporizing has
ceased, and nothing but an energetic prosed^
i tion of the war remains.
10. Resolved , That we have a just right to
satisfaction and indemnity for. the past, and
security for the future; and that it will be time
enough to sympathise with Mexico, when she
learns to respect the right of her neighbors,
do justice to all, repairs the injuries sne has
inflicted, and respect herself.
11. Resolved, That the efforts of President
Polk and his administration to sustain the
honor of the country by a firm vindication of
her rights, in the war with Mexico, have met,
and will continue to receive, the approbation
of the people. That however treason and de
traction may rear its heacl f tire people of the
country, wherever an opportunity had offered,
have given the most signal evidence of -their
firm reliance in the policy and measures of the
administration.
The following resolution was added, on mo
tion of G. A. Perdicares:
Resolved, That the president of the meeting
enclose a copy of the proceedings to the editor
of the Washington Union, with a request to
copy the same.
On mo'.im, it was
Resolved, That the resolutions be published
in the democratic papers in New Jersey.
The resolutions having been adopted un
animously, and with the most decided marks
of approbation, Stacy G. Pot’s, Esq. took the
floor, and spoke for nearly an hour in vindica
tion of the justice of the war, audits vigorous
prosecution till it should result in a treaty be
tween the two nations. His remarks com
manded the utmost attention, and were re
ceived with the highest degree of enthusiasm
and with frequent bursts of patriotic applause,
which, at the conclusion, broke out into a wild
tumult of approba'ioa.
The meeting then adjourned.
RICHARD BRANDT, President.
Samuel G. Arnold, Secretary.
Are not these spirited and stirring resolu
tions? The Trenton News says, with great
force, that “the meeting on Tuesday evening
was one of the most generous, decided, enthusias
tic, spontaneous, and cheerful popular gather
ings which we have ever seen here or any
! where. There can be no mistaking the indi
-1 cations of this demontration. If the whig?
1 continue to place the issue on this war, it is
evident they must be overhelmed. It touches
| the popular feeling—it strikes home to the
1 ' heart of the nation. The idea of withdrawing
our army, after so much blood has been spilt
* j and so much treasure expended, without mak-
ing even a treaty for our future security, is too
' repulsive to every patriotic mind, and presents
* an issue too mean and niggardly to be enter
-1 tained for a moment. This was clearly evinced
1 at the late meeting. What a glorious exhibit
it presented of the true-hearted and faithful
’ masses, in contradistinction to the selfish and
‘ parrow-minded politician, who only lives for
r his own aggrandizement. The handful of men
* who gathered at the late whig-withdiaw-the
r army meeting must sensibly feel the contrast
’ bet ween the warm and vigorous life of this
' meeting and the stupid, cold-blooded demon
l stration of Saturday, in which their great
* champion, ‘like a wounded snake, dragged his
* slow length along.’ Let them profit by the
* hint thus given, and come out manfully on the
* side of their country.”
I
1 [From the Charleston Courier of yesterday .]
3 BY EXPRESS.
- 21 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MAIL.
» [From the N. O. Commercial Times, Dec . 2.]
Arrival of Gen. Taylor*
The Hero arrived in the river early yesterday
morning, on the U. S. steamer Monmouth,
\ from Brasos.the 26th instant. The Mary Kings
* j sland, with the Committee of Invitation on
s I board,which had been despatched to the mouth
3 I of the Mississippi, having met the Monmouth,
5 took him and his suite on board, and b. ought
1 j them to the plantation of Maunsel White,
’ | Esq., a few miles below the city, where they
1 inded and spent an hour or two. Thence they
’ j where conveyed to the Barracks, in the lower
1 ; part of the Third Municipality, where Mrs.
' i Taylor and daughter were in attendance to
’ ! receive the General. A discharge of artillery,
j a little before daybreak,from tiic public squai es,
' , announced the welcome intelligence to our
’ citizens. From the moment the Monmouth
| came in sight of the South-West Pass,* it was
‘ made known by signal Hags that the brave old
’ soldier was on board, and every ship and
steamer was dressed in flags, and resounded
' with thundering cheers. The plantations turn
>, ed out their forces and cheered the steamer as
: ; she passed.
The following correspondence, making known
i the forthcoming jubilee here, has taken place
between the General and the Mayor;
Mayoralty op New-Orleans, >
November 27th, 1847. >
General: It is my pleasing office to inform
3”ou that by resolutions of municipal Councils,
you are invited to become the guest of the city
whilst it is your pleasure to remain among us.
In tendering to you this hospitality, I assure
, you the constituted authorities have but re
flected the unanimous wishes of their constitu
ents.
I shall forbear to dilate on the great services
you have rendered to our country —services
which, while they have added so much to its
j glory and renown, have not less beautifully
{ illustrated the triumphs of humanity in the
midst of victory- I cherish, in common with
my fellow-citizens, the sentiments of admira
tion and affection which have prompted this
welcome on your return to your country and
your home.
I have the honor to bo, with distinguished
consideration, your friend and fellow citizen,
A. D. CROSSMAN, Mayor.
Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor.
I”. S. Steamer Monmouth, )
Mississippi River, November 30th, 1847. >
Sir:—l had the honor to receive your let
ter of the 26th ult., communicating the invi
tation ol the municipal authorities of New Or
leans, to become the guest of the city while I
| remain in it.
I cannot but be deeply sensible to this un-.
expected token of the respect and affection of
the people of New.Orleans —superaddcd as it
is to so many cherished testimonials of their
confidence, I feel that they have laid me un
der an obligation which I can never adequate
ly repay. I bog you to* convey to the authori
ties of the city my most sincere and heartfelt
acknowledgments for the great honor thus
conferred, and my acceptance of their offer du
ring the brief period that I can remain in the
city. ...
With high regard, I have the honor to be
your friend and obedient servant,
Z. TAYLOR.
His Honor A. D. Crossman*, Mayor of New’
Orleans.
Reception*. —The grand ceremonies, which
are to signalize the arrival of the old veteran in
the city, as its distinguished guest, will take
placo to-morrow. The committee of the three
j municipalities, with the other notables who
are to occupy prominent position in the
procession, will meet at the -Mayors office at
: nine o’clock, to proceed to the Barracks on
board the Mary Kingsland, for the purpose of
bringing up Gen. Z. Taylor to the city.
New York Line of Canard Steamers.—
The first of the new line of steamers will
leave Liverpool for this port Dec. 19. The
line consists of four new vessels,named Europe,
Canada, Niagara and America, all of which
are launched, and at last advices their engines
were nearly ready to bo put on board. The
America was in the most forward state, and
was expected to be the pioneer of the line. If,
however, she should not be ready at the date
| above named, it was arranged that the Cam
bria, the last built and best of the line running
to Boston, should be.despatched in her place,
I for this single trip. So that there will be no
| intermission, as in former years, during the
| winter months, of the semi-monthly trips of
the'Canard steamers.
The America is described in the Glasgow
Examiner as a fine ship. She is 30 feet wide
inside, and 250 long. She is 1800 tons regis
ter ; and has engines of 700 horse power, made
at Glasgow. It is said she will carry 800 per
sons— passengers ami crewv The berths arc
roomy and elegant, the saloons gorgeous, and
the various departments all commodious and
elegant. Each of the new steamers-is to hare
four boilers, and each of these boilers is about
sixteen feet long, twelve feet broad and twelve
! feet high.— N. Y. Jour, of Com., 4 th inst.
The money market is still quite contracted,
and the banks discount sparingly, not so much
from any large amount of specie which they
have lost, for we believe the greatest part of all
that has been shipped has come either from
other places or from the sub-Trcasury, and
that their stock will not consequently show* a
reduction any thing like what would be or
! dinarily expected under the shipments which
have occurred, but because there is no unifor
mity of action or opinion-among the managers
of these institutions. A‘portion of them ap
prehend squalls of the most terrific kind, and
i consequently been with suspicion upon every
thing and every boody. It appears to be of lit
tie imp )i t mce to them what rato of interest cus
tomers may be forced to pay so that they do
not break upon the hands of the bank, or
place them in a position where they might lose
a little specie. — N. Y. Com. Adv. Itkint.
31 n g nsta, (Georgia .
WEDNESDAY MORNINCI,. DEC. Q.
ITFThe Northern mails due, came to hand
| last evening, , .. .
The letters due by the Western mail yester
day morning came through, but the papers
failed to come to hand.
By an express received at Charleston, it will
be seen that Gen. Taylor had arrived at New
Orleans. The papers due this morning will
give us a description of his reception.
ElTThc Telegraph between Baltimore and
New York was not in operation on Saturday
last, un to which day no tidings 'had been
[ received at New York of the British steamer.
G. W. Dargan, Esq., has been elected by
* the Legislature of South Carolina, to fill the
t vacancy occasioned by the death of Chancel*
5 lor Harper. „ «
t Hampton Course
‘ 1 The racing over this Course commenced yes
' terday with a Colt Sweepstakes, in which there
were eight entries, and some sport w*as looked
for, but to the disappointment of all, but one
of the entries (Mr. Singleton’s fine filly,) made
appearance—the others paying forfeit—and
galloped twice round the Course and took the
money.
r But if disappointment was felt at the result
» of the Colt Stake, it was fully made up in the
’ contest which came after—mile heats,—for
which there were three entries, Mr. Single
, ton’s b. m., Mr. Lovell’s b. h. John Watson,
t and Mr. Jewell’s b. c. The latter had the
’ track, Singleton’s second. At the tap they
r got a beautiful start, the b. m. in the lead,
• with John close up. They went off at a kill
• ing pace, and for three quarters of a mile the
* struggle was beautiful between the b. m. and
John, both running neck and neck, and put
up to all they knew how; but when they
reached the last turn, John finding the mare
| had the heels of him, gave up the contest, and
she came in an easy winner, John about two
lengths behind, and the colt within the string.
Previous to this heat, John Watson was free
ly taken against the field, and in some few in
| stances odds were given; but the knowing
ones were at fault, and after this heat became
| alarmed, satisfied that he had done his best
for the first heat. The b. m. W'as n ow the fa
vorite, and all bets against her taking the se
j cond heat were freely taken.
After the usual time allotted for rubbing
I down and cooling off, the three horses were
again brought to the stand, apparently none
the worse for the previous heat. . At the tap
they were off again, and as in the previous
j heat, the contest was between the b. m. and
I John. She took the lead, closely followed by
I * *
John, who made another effort to pass her, but
he could’nt come it, and she held her position
in front to the end of the race, and came in ah
easy w inner. The following is the result:
J. Singleton’s b. m. 4 years old, by Mon
arch, dam by Lottery 11
L. Lovell’s b. h. John Watson, aged, by
John Dawson, dam by John Richards, 2 2
A. M. Jewell’s b. c. 3 years old, by Go
dolphin, dam by Bcrtand 3 3
Time—lst heat 1.62; 2d heal 1.50.
WEDNESDAY—SECOND DAY.
TWO MILE HEATS —PURSE S2OO.
The following are the entries for this day's
pnrse:
Col. W. M. Myers’ br. X. Countess, 4 years old.
AUGUSTA WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT, DECEMBER 8.1847.
■ ■ A I - . . -
ARTICLES. p (r Wholesale. i Duty.
BAOOLYO— Gunny, 21 ®23 on ur C L
Kentucky.. "*• 17 ®l9 f P
BALE ROPE —Manilla... Jii fa) IS 05 pr. ct.
Kentucky.. aja 1U 1
BACO*Y~~ Hams ..*'** 9 ® 10 1 x
Snhj.s 9® 10 >2O pr. ct.
Shoulder* 74.® )
BUTTER —Goshen, prune'* IJ* 23 ®25 '2O pr. ct.
Country......j 12 ® 15 •
CANDLES— Spennacettivi’*" 34 ® 37i on nr et
G^rgia made " " 13.«® 15 {T P
Northern “..*”* 17 fab 16 | *2O pr* 6 **
!’*** 9 (ft 10 iyj p r . c t
COFFEE —Cuba i*.*” 6® 9 h
Rio I"*’ bpd 9 1
Java \y 12. ya 15 > free.
Ltutyum j*]*] 8;® 9$ 'J
( Shirt’ng-s brown, 3-4.i’’,j‘ 5 ® 61 J
j I “ “ 7-8.1 J 7.1® a
“ M yd. wide: ‘ ” 17.4® 20
C j Sheetings, brown, 5-4.;” ” 12 ®ls
u “ bleached, 5-4; ” ” lb (a) 20
•“ | Checks..., j***. I 10 ® 16
b Bed Tick j 12 ® lb
a | Osnaburga 80z...,...;”” 10 (a) 114
I. Yarn (assorted) |‘lv' 17 <u> 19
No.l..«bbl. 'l3 ® 14 lx
Do. No. 2...1 9® 94 J2O pr ct.
Do. No. 3....;,. 74 fie 9 : )
FLOUR —New Orleans..J none.
Canal 900fw8 50 v 20pr. et.
Georgia !.... 5 00 ® 6 00 )
GRAI.Y —Corn i hu- ! 45 ®55 1
Oats i ‘ i 37 &4c 20 P r - ct -
GUNPOWDER— ....... j k' e V 550 fa) 575 ’
HIDES—D ry |.... fa) i 1
Dry, salted 8 fa) 9 ’£ 20 pr. ct.
HA T—Eastern 160. fa) i i ...
North River. ,(.... std 1 5 20 pr. rt. i
IROJV —Pig .jiOO. ffb 30 pr.ct.
Swedes,assorted.iton. 4}® 5\ 30 pr. ct
Hoop. ! 100. <>4® 7 1 1
Sheet ;us 8 63b 10 ,20 pr. ct.
Nail Roils j,... 6 fit 7
LE.lD —Pig and Bar 100. 6 ® 7 \
■ Sheet ... .... 64® 8 >2O pr. ct.
White Lead.......... 74® 9 )
LIME — bbl.. 1 50 ® 2 50
M OLASoEsi— Cuba ...... I gal.. 28 030 )_-
1 N. Orleans. 374® 40 i3O pr. ct-
MAILS —Cut, 4d to 2i)d|. 54® 54 30 pr. ct.
EXPORTS OF COTTON TO FOREIGN AND COASTWISE FORTS, COMMENCING IST. SEPTEMBER, 1946.
' ~~ \“aAV4NNATf CHARLESTON. , MOBILE7 i N. ORLEANS. NEW YORK. OTHER POKm-i TOTAII *
WHITHER EXPORTED. ' ~ ,
j 1847. j 1846. 1847. 1 1346. 1847- 1846. 1847.1 1846. 1847.1 1846. 1847, 1846. 1847. j 1846,
Liverpool i 3.305 i 7,423 21,004, 16,379 ; 9,259 51,584; 18,885 17,931 12,117 1,9J9i 801 ; .7,
Hull ! 11 j M ! 1 i
Glasgow and Greenock..... I I J,lUl | 1,730 i 3,089 i 9361 180 1... ■ .
Cork and a Market .............. i 1,227) 19.0 163| 273 i
Total to Great Britain ... | 3,305' 8,529 ~22,231: 18,229 ~9,259 ~ ji
Havre.... ...✓...... ,
Bordeaux I ' ' ' ■} i j:
.Marseille* jj j i j | 3,378; 1,803, 2,425 .... 77 7 777 77 77 71
Nantes... jj I j blt> : j 4130 , L........
Total to France || ~~2,672 3J85 __8,299 ~TT,YIO 1,420 ITS 99 7 31,85g|~ 13,130 21,154 1,026
Amsterdam |....... .j j : 7 ! ! 77.; 1299 82 777777. 7777777. 7777777:7777777
Rotterdam ' j 1 i 1,78.'i: 609 i. *
Antwerp. : 618 i J ,44<3 | 1,002 j 2,102 | 150 6,042! 2,316 .. ■
Hamburg ; i i i 5,279 2,0„3 ; j t
.Bremen j 1 i 1 . 102 3,162 1,699 ; (| ,i,, (
Barcelona ~..,. J '• ; M 3J5 1,835 ; it. i.V. ’...
Havana, Sec ! j ■ || 2,5801 5,414 503 432 j 1 j .1..
Genoa, Trieste, tut,-. i ...1 1 745 9,264; 1,120 i 1,0411 803 ......... i.......A
G-hent, j J I I ! ! 1,188 ' 977 l! {
Other Ports . ! I 140; 308 2,137' 1,612) M> l2l 177 708 185]) '....
Total to other Foreign Ports | 1 1 758 2/199 i 1,367 ~ 1783'. | 9.083 8,41,8 i 21,420 87008 708 j 185 5T,336 7^*7 7^
New York i0,i88 ; .”17,790 n,5>9 28,720 4,518 2,286 liTso?; 87570 77777777 77777777 777777.. 7777777 77777777 77777777
Boston., ],460i 2,383 2,567 3,853 4,058 12,838 5,912 :..! j
Providence j 612 ! ‘
Philadelphia 450 892 1,793 5,021; 168 387 i 1,617 1,470 ; 1 ‘.7 , .'..1
Baltimore ■ 280| 548 1,081 1,727 i 227. 450! 918 414 i ....5...,
Other Ports 1,731’] 4,836 138 253 1 158 3,011 | 115 259 ; ). I
Total Coastwise 11.089 26,449 17,105 ~40,186 9,129 I 29,295 16,634 , ‘~~jj ~ 77 69,61 t 89,403
Grand Total ~ 20,066 , 38,763 48,393, 727624 1 2171T5 9.859 7 123,554 GO/TOG 617004 357157 7 37643' 986! i'“2787435 *18,09$
by imp. Leviathan, dam by Stockholder.
Rider’s dress fancy.
Mr. Harrison’s br. h. Richland, 4 years old, by
Argyle, dam by Sarpedon. Purple and
white.
Col. W. JT. Harlce's Mary Stiles, B years old,
by Gano, dam Sally Magraw. Fancy.
Mr- Pullcra Benefit.
Our old favorite, Fuller, takes a benefit to
night, and has made an admirable selection in
catering for the amusement of his friends. The
excellent Drama of the Miller’s Maid,in which
Mr. Crisp and Miss Clara Ellis take prominent
characters, and the laughable Comedy of Un
cle Foozle, in which’Mr. Fuller sustains the
character of Uncle Poozle, Mrs. Forbes Mrs.
Budd, and Mrs. Fuller Mrs. Fitzorborne, are
in themselves an inducement sufficient to at
tract a good house. But Fuller, who always
tries to make the most of every thing, is to in
troduce himself to the audience in the course
of the evening as Richard 111. Mr. Fuller's
transcendent tragic abilities make him emin
carly competent to enact this part with gre at
satisfaction to the lovers of fun, and wc guaran
tee a fuller exercise of their risible muscles
than they have lately enjoyed. "NVe bespeak
for Mr. Fuller a good house,and present, in his
behalf,the pithy address once offered by Flinn
to a Boston audience:
“Like a gratefull of coals he ? ll glow
A grate full house to see,
Arid if he is not grateful too
A great fool he must he.”
But if Flinn was grateful for a good house,
our friend will, we know, be grate-fuller .
Gen. Shields
We learn (says the Columbia Herald,) that
Gen. Shields will arrive at the Columbia De
pot on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 o’clock.
He is to bo escorted thence by the military
and citizens generally. All arc anxious to do
honor to the brave and noble Shields, the
commander of our Palmettos on the battle
fields in Mexico.
Specie.
The New York Tribune of Thursday says—
The receipts of specie are now very considera
ble from all parts of the country. The estima
ted amount of specie in the whole country is
in round numbers $100,000,000.
The steamer Acadia which left Boston on
Wednesday for Liverpool, took out $404,000
in specie, of which sum 300,000 were from
New York
The packet ship Oneida, from New York
for Havre, takes out $60,000 in silver.
[communicated.]
Lawyers-
There was a time when the law was an hon
orable profession—when, to pronounce a man
a lawyer, was to invest him with honor, and
superiority in the eyes of the world ; but this
“highway to fame,” is now trodden by so
many, who on account of their number, are
compelled to resort to such innumerable shifts,
and turnings to gain a livelihood, that the
name lawyer has become nearly synonymous
with trixter. The vast number of lawyers,
like competition which lowers the prices of
articles, has brought down to a low mark the
honor of the calling, and though this abund
ance of lawyers has detracted so much from
the dignity of the profession, it has produced
a good effect, by doing away with much of
that false pride, of fond mothers, and doting
fathers, who could not so far humble them
selves as to give their sons a trade instead of
a profession. Parents are beginning to find
out that a common carpenter, who works so
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his daily bread,and is able to pay his debts, is
happier, and more highly lit of, than the
briefless lawyer r who cannot pay them—that the
glorious title u Squire, n though a sweet morsel
for Pride to roll under its tongue, is but a poor
antidote against hunger. People are begin
ning to find out that this empty title is likely
to be the only acquisition made by the young
lawyer, and that it sounds not half so sweetly
as the carpenter’s hammer, which puts a nail
in the board, and a dollar in the pocket—they ;
are daily opening their eyes to the fact, that
while a few, “a favored few,” feed upon the ;
solid grains, the many must be content with
the husks, and the consequence will be that
only those young men will be educated lor
the bar, w-hose talents and inclinations seem |
to fit them for strccessful lawyers.
While we feel a superlative contempt for
those intellectual, hungry looking young gen
tlemen, who live, nobody knows how, we
can’t help feeling a reverence and awe, for j
those sleek, well-fed gentlemen, who wink at |
the jury, puzzle the witnesses, and look down
upon the “ plebs ” as but stepping-stones to
preferment. Their tact, their self-confidence,
their non-chalancr, their learning, call forth
our admiration, not unmixed with fear, and 1
this feeling extends not only to their persons,
but to every thing which appertains to them,
to the very buttons of their coats, and the red
tape around their briefs. Yet of all classes in r
tociety, the lawyers are most abused and dis
liked ; they arc always at loggerheads with
somebody—their own clients, when they lose
a case, lay it not to the -want of evidence, or
justice on their side, not to the superior ability ,
but the superior cunning of the opposing law
yer, and while they look upon their own
counsel as a poor, good-for-nothing fellow,
they view- his adversary as a rascally lawyer,
who has’nt a spark of honesty in him. Fear
and envy, also, make many enemies to the
lawyer—lawyers are so wily, so wise and so
powerful, that people fear and envy, while ■
they hate them. Lawyers have been called
hard-hearted, but where will you find men
whose tears lie so near the eyes ? Who can
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so truly appreciate, and describe the unhappy
situation of the mother and eleven small chil
dren of the prisoner at the bar ? Who can so
truly paint the cold charities of the w-orld, the '
fraud, the deceit, and chicanery of mankind ? i
They have been called brazen and impudent— !
but can wc blame them for sifting their cases
to the bottom by direct questions; for stand
ing up boldly in the defence of their clients ? j
Can w*c expect them to hang their heads, like |
the criminal whom they endeavor to bring to j
justice? The epithets, unjust and dishonest,
have been cast upon them, but where will you
find men more clamorous for justice ? How
often does one w-ord turn the scales, so nicely
arc they balanced ! They have been accused
of selfishness and avarice, as if they could be
expected to save a man’s life for nothing, or
to break a will, and pick up none of the frag
ments.
It is amusing to watch the changing coun
tenances of the jury, while listening to the
harangue of the law'yer: in the outset,
tlemen of the jury,” and “ twelve as honest men ;
as could he found in the county,” makes a friend
of every man in the box, unless a Yankee, or
a “ plasterer * happen to sit there—these
gentlemen arc sure to give the verdict against
these little flatteries, because they are “up to
tmujf,” and don’t like to see their own mate
rial “soft sawder” used against themselves.
Presently the law-yer begs they’ll consider the
importance of the caso, and begins to instruct
exchange.
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them with regard to their duty, and now their
former good opinion of him, vanishes like a
morning cloud. He must take them to
great simpletons, not to know the importance
of the case, and they’ve been l living long
enough in a free country to know their duty
I without being told of it by every conceited
. lawyer. Thus far the lawyer has done noth
ing, but now he plunges down, down, down,-
: into the mazy labyrinths, the intricate turn*
ing«, and technicalities of the law, and the
poor fellows think it’ll never do to give a ver
dict against so much law, and this resolution
is made firm by a quotation from “Coke on
; Littleton,*’ where the precise page; and' loca
tion of the paragraph is mentioned- The case
I is now settled, unless the opposite lawyer can
i dive deeper into the mysteries, or quote mork
liberally than his adversary- Thus these ju
rors are kept vibrating between the two law
yers, like a mouse between the paws of a cat —
at one time an Argument ad hominrm, and a
judicious application of the handkerchief to
the eyes, clears the prisoner; then a calling
down of the vengeance of the law by the other
side, if they don’t do their duty, (which to
them means punishment of the prisoner) de
termines the’r course, and they bring in a ver
dict of “Guilty'.” In this way they are kept
upon the stretch, always deciding as theyhap
pened to be left with a wounded self-love, or
a good idea of their own ability, and a terror
of the law. The genus lawyer, divides itself
into three species, puppies, bull-dogs aad :
foxes, thus named on account of the resem
blance they bear to the animals in question-
The puppies may be easily recognized at the
circuit courts —they are pale, thin, young
gentlemen, dressed in the tip of the fashion,
and wearing spectacles on their noses. These
fellows are to be sceij in herds around that
place in the court, called the bar, and arc for
ever playing with the pens, trying to look
wise, and whispering to each other. They
’ take care not to be out of the way at dinner
time, in hopes of an invitation to dine with
the bar, which alas ! is so extensive as to ift
clude them. These poor fellows are perhaps
rather to be uitied than censured —they lead
a miserable life. They tremble when an old
lawyer looks at them—and at every court they
sec the spoils divided before theiv eyes* but
must content themselves with the impression
which they make upon the assembly. W»
have named them puppies, because they al
ways remind us of those animals, picking up
crumbs where the big dogs are feeding.
The bull-dogs stand first on the list of suc
cessful lawyers. It matters not how deeply
the foxes lay their plots —they may be ever no
sagacious, but the bull-dogs get the victory
by holding on until every body is tired out,,
and the other party, through sheer fatigue, are
unable to wrestle for it longer. They drown
their opponent’s arguments in a volley of
words —resist with indomitable perseverance,
every move of their adversary, and clothe tha
whole case with such a mist of law, and learn
ing, that the jury give their verdict in his fa
vor for fear of doing wrong. These gentle
men always make great preparations before
beginning to speak— they get a pitcher of
water, and a glass; roll up their cuffs, and af
ter hemming and hawing, for five minutes*
they open the case. It is their delight to ex*
plain difficult law-points to the judge, and ju
ry, and though they seem to be talking f Hit »
and getting to the end very rapidly, the cast
gets along very slowly—they will leave A*
main point and wander off for half an Hoar*